Polideini Explained

Polideini is a tribe of bristle flies in the family Tachinidae.^{[1] [2]} The tribe is unusual for its diversity of hosts, including spiders, scorpions, and centipedes in addition to the usual insect larvae.^[3]

Genera

• Andicesa Koçak & Kemal, 2010^[4]
• Arctosoma Aldrich, 1934^[5]
• Chlorohystricia Townsend, 1927^[6]
• Chromatocera Townsend, 1915^[7]
• Chrysotachina Brauer & von Bergenstamm, 1889^[8]
• Comops Aldrich, 1934^[5]
• Deloblepharis Aldrich, 1934^[5]
• Desantisodes Cortés, 1973^[9]
• Dichocera Williston, 1895^[10]
• Dolichostoma Townsend, 1912^[11]
• Ecuadorana Townsend, 1912^[11]
• Ernestiopsis Townsend, 1931^[12]
• Eucheirophaga James, 1945^[13]
• Euscopolia Townsend, 1892^[14]
• Exoernestia Townsend, 1927^[6]
• Exoristoides Coquillett, 1897^[15]
• Ganoproctus Aldrich, 1934^[5]
• Homalactia Townsend, 1915^[7]
• Hystricia Macquart, 1844^[16]
• Lydina Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830^[17]
• Lygaeomyia Aldrich, 1934^[5]
• Lypha Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830^[17]
• Mactomyia Reinhard, 1958^[18]
• Mauromyia Coquillett, 1897^[15]
• Mesembrierigone Townsend, 1931^[12]
• Micronychia Brauer & von Bergenstamm, 1889^[8]
• Nigrilypha O’Hara, 2002
• Notoderus Cortés, 1986^[19]
• Ollacheryphe Townsend, 1927^[6]
• Opsophasiopteryx Townsend, 1917^[20]
• Opticopteryx Townsend, 1931^[12]
• Ostracophyto Townsend, 1915^[21]
• Pachycheta Portschinsky, 1881^[22]
• Petagnia Rondani, 1856^[23]
• Prolypha Townsend, 1934^[24]
• Pseudobombyliomyia Townsend, 1931^[12]
• Punamyia Townsend, 1915^[25]
• Pyrrhoernestia Townsend, 1931^[12]
• Spilochaetosoma Smith, 1917^[26]
• Tarpessita Reinhard, 1967^[27]
• Telodytes Aldrich, 1934^[5]
• Visayalydina Townsend, 1926^[28]
• Xanthopelta Aldrich, 1934^[5]

Notes and References

1. O'Hara . James E. . Taxonomic and host catalogue of the Tachinidae of America North of Mexico. Tachinidae Resources .
2. Web site: O’Hara . James E. . Henderson . Shannon J. . D. Monty . Wood . Preliminary Checklist of the Tachinidae (Diptera) of the World. Tachinidae Resources . 1 July 2023 . 5 March 2020.
3. James E. . O'Hara . 2002 . Revision of the Polideini (Tachinidae) of America North of Mexico . Studia dipterologica . Suppl. 10 . 1–170 . 3-932795-15-6.
4. Koçak . A.Ö. . Kemal . M. . Nomenclatural notes on the genus group names of some families (Diptera) . Priamus . 2010 . 12 . 156–160.
5. Aldrich . J.M. . Tachinidae . Diptera of Patagonia and South Chile . 1934 . 7 . 1–170.
6. Townsend . C.H.T. . Synopse dos generos muscoideos da regiao humida tropical da America, con generos e especies novas . Revista do Museu Paulista . 1927 . 15 . 203–385 . 9 June 2023.
7. Townsend . C.H.T. . Proposal of new muscoid genera for old species . Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington . 1915 . 28 . 19–23 . 6 March 2022.
8. Brauer . F. . Bergenstamm . J.E. von . Die Zweiflugler des Kaiserlichen Museums zu Wien. IV. Vorarbeiten zu einer Monographie der Muscaria Schizometopa (exclusive Anthomyidae) . Pars I. Denkschriften der Akademie der Wissenschaften in Wien . 1889 . 56 . 1 . 69–180, 11 pls. 8 June 2023.
9. Cortes . R. . Taquinidoes chilenos nuevos o poco conocidos 3. (Diptera, Tachinidae) . . 1973 . 7 . 97–105.
10. Williston . S.W. . A new tachinid with remarkable antennae . Entomological News . 1895 . 6 . 29–32 . 12 August 2023.
11. Townsend . C.H.T. . Description of new genera and species of muscoid flies from the Andean and Pacific Coast regions of South America . Proc. U. S. Natl. Mus. . 1912 . 43 . 1935 . 301–367 . 10.5479/si.00963801.1935.301 . 9 June 2023.
12. Townsend . C.H.T. . New genera and species of American oestromuscoid flies. [Concl.] . . 1 . 1931 . Revista de Entomologia . 437–479.
13. James . M.T. . A new larvaevorid parasite of the social butterfly Eucheira socialis Westwood . Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences . 1945 . 35 . 328–330.
14. Townsend . C.H.T. . Notes on North American Tachinidae sens. str. with descriptions of new genera and species. Paper III . Transactions of the American Entomological Society . 1892 . 19 . 88–132 . 21 March 2022.
15. Coquillett. D.W.. Revision of the Tachinidae of America north of Mexico. A family of parasitic two-winged insects. Technical Series (United States. Division of Entomology) U.S. Dept. Agriculture. 1897. 7. 156 . 28 March 2022.
16. Book: Macquart . P.J.M. . Diptères exotiques nouveaux ou peu connus. Tome deuxième.—3e partie. "1843" . 1844 . Roret . Paris . 304.
17. Robineau-Desvoidy . J.B. . Essai sur les myodaires . Mémoires présentés par divers savans à l'Académie Royale des Sciences de l'Institut de France (Sciences Mathématiques et Physiques) . 1830 . 2 . 2 . 1–813 . 7 January 2022.
18. Reinhard . H.J. . New genera and species of North American Tachinidae (Diptera) . Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society . 1958 . 31 . 225–232.
19. Cortés . R. . Taquinidos de Aysen (XI Region) y Magallanes (XII Region) Chile (Diptera: Tachinidae) . Acta Entomológica Chilena . 1986 . 13 . 133–160.
20. Townsend . C.H.T. . Second paper on Brazilian Muscoidea collected by Herbert H. Smith . Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History . 1917 . 37 . 221–233 . 30 March 2022.
21. Townsend . C.H.T. . New western and southwestern Muscoidea . Journal of the New York Entomological Society . 1915 . 23 . 216–234 . 21 March 2022.
22. Portschinsky . J.A. . Diptera europaea et asiatica nova aut minus cognita . Horae Societatis Entomologicae Rossicae, Variis Sermonibus in Rossia Usitatis Editae . 1881 . 16 . 136–145 . 24 June 2021.
23. Book: Rondani . Camillo . Dipterologiae Italicae Prodromus. Vol: I. Genera italica ordinis Dipterorum ordinatim disposita et distincta et in familias et stirpes aggregata. . 1856 . A. Stocchi. Parmae [= Parma]. . 226 + [2] pp.
24. Townsend . C.H.T. . New Neotropical oestromuscoid flies. [Cont.] . Revista de Entomologia . 1934 . 4 . 201–212.
25. Townsend . C.H.T. . New Neotropical muscoid flies . Proceedings of the United States National Museum . 1915 . 49 . 2115 . 405–440 . 10.5479/si.00963801.2115.405 . 18 March 2022.
26. Smith . H.E. . Notes on North American Tachinidae, including the description of one new genus . Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington . 1917 . 19 . 122–126 . 13 August 2023.
27. Reinhard . H.J. . New Nearctic and Neotropical Muscoidean Diptera (Sarcophagidae and Tachinidae) . Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society . 1967 . 40 . 94–110.
28. Townsend . C.H.T. . New Holarctic Muscoidea (Diptera) . Insecutor Inscitiae Menstruus . 1926 . 14 . 24–41.